Why this score
engineered against fullnessFat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 490
- Protein
- (10%)
- 12 g
- Fat
- (21%)
- 11 g
- Carbohydrates
- (70%)
- 84 g
- of which sugar
- 38 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 104 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Starbuckspublishes this item's nutrition but not what it weighs, so the portion above is worked back from the energy density of grilled cheese (343 kcal per 100 g). That assumption moves the energy-density and sodium figures; the protein, fibre and craving parts of the score are ratios of calories and are unaffected.
Alternatives
StarbucksHigher-scoring, from Starbucks’ own “Breakfast pastries” in United Kingdom.
49Egg White Bites with Three Cheese & Red Pepper13 g protein · 162 cals · 109 g*
48Egg Bites with Three Cheese & Ham13 g protein · 177 cals · 119 g*
21Traditional Sausage Sandwich20 g protein · 494 cals · 232 g*
17All Day Breakfast Wrap21 g protein · 465 cals · 173 g*
13Smoked Bacon Roll21 g protein · 400 cals · 138 g*
Nutrition as published by Starbucks — check it yourself. Product photograph © Starbucks, shown to identify the item. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.